Throwback to July 11, 2022, when we first marveled at the infrared data provided by the technological marvel, the James Webb Space Telescope.
The spectra data from Webb revealed the chemical composition of galaxies in the very early universe.
This incredible achievement was made possible by the telescope's position in space, far away from Earth's atmosphere, which filters out some infrared light. We marveled at the distant clusters of galaxies showing the warping and stretching of space and time itself, known as gravitational lensing. What an unforgettable moment in the history of space exploration
This gravitational lensing is in abundance in Webb's deep field. The mass that is warping space time is so immense that it looks as if there is a black hole here but instead there is a massive galaxy cluster.
Due to the immense mass of the cluster of galaxies arcs and the deep field may be of the same galaxy in fact it has been confirmed that this arc is of the same galaxy, it's light distorted by the curvature of space time.
We narrated this epic space science in a previous video.